Wildfires burning across France, Spain and Portugal amid heatwave

Wildfires remain active across France, Spain and Portugal during a sustained heatwave and drought, with firefighting operations concentrated along the Pyrenees corridor. Mainstream reporting cites more than 19,000 hectares burned across the three countries and a single fire of roughly 4,500 hectares in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Evacuations are under way, international mutual aid including Swedish support to France has been activated, and a Tour de France stage has been cut or rerouted. No named insured property, no insured loss estimate and no officially confirmed casualty figures have been published in available reporting.

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